Water gate



1931- 'W. H. COGLEY l,820;441

WATER GATE Filed Nov. 19. 1930 VV/LL AQM HZUELEY ATTORNEY INVENTOR W Patented Aug. 25, 1931' I unirso; sTATss WILLIAM H. COGLVEY, or GBEENACRES, wrisriine'ron;

WATER GATE 1 Application filed November 19, 1930.- Seria l'No. 496553;

My present invention relates to improvements in water gates of the removable type, employed in hydraulic and earth engineering and especiallydesigned for use in irrigavention is the provision of a water gate of this character, which is simple 1n construction and may be manufactured at comparatively low cost of production, and which is rugged and durable in order that'it may withstand the rigorous treatment usually accorded such devices. By the special construction of the water gate of my invention, the gate may be shoved or forced by hand into the earth transversely of the ditch for 'damming the water in the ditch, and the gate may with equal facility be removed by hand from the ditch, when not required,

The invention consists essentially, in a and employed effectively in any one of several sizes of ditches, withor without the use of auxiliary gates or valves, and such employment may be. accomplished *without change in the structure of the gate, The invention further. consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements ofsparts as will hereinafter be more fully set forth and claimed. In the accompany ng drawings I have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention where iliary gates or valves in use.- 7

Figure l is a perspective view showing the gate in use in a medium size ditch.

F igure 5 is a perspective view showing the gate in use in a small size ditch.

Figure 6 is a face view of one of the auxtion ditches. The primary object of my in- I water gate that is capable of being located for the same purpose. 'In. addition, the frec devised for the practical application of the Figure 2 is a cross section on line 22 of gate ina large size ditch, and with the auxiliary gates o r slide valves, sh wing a closed i r g in full lines/and openin dotted lines. I

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view at line 77 of Figure 6. V I, Figure 8 is a top edge view/of one of the auxiliarygates or slide'valves.

Figure 9 is a "face view of one of the auxl gates or. slide valves.

Inthe preferred 'form of myinvention as shown in Figure-1, the Watergate is fashioned in egg oi' oval sliape, from a sheet" of galvanized iron, and has a'maximum head 1, a minimum head 2, and twointer'mediate heads 3 and4', any one of which may beused N transversely ofa ditch corresponding in size to the'complementar'y head of the gate, as indicated in Figures-3, 4, and 5. Theremovablegateis shoved or pushed by hand into the earth or soiltransverselyof the ditch as indicated and forms a complete barrier for 'damming the water in'the ditch. A reinforcing rib 5 is pressed orotherwise formed in the metal of the gate and extends longitudinally along thelongeraxisthereof to add rigidity and strength to the metal plate. or sheet, and-to preserve original form, andareinforcing strap 6 is riveted along the shorter axis of theplate or sheet inforcing strap projects at one side of the gate for use as a handle, and at' the extremity of the handle a hook ms provided so that the gate when not in use? mayibesuspended or hung froma support, as the limb ofatreeQ- I If desired the head 4 maybe shoved into v the soil transversely of the ditch to 7 form a blind gate, or the gate maybe manipulated by the use of the handle or hooked end 7 and shoved, 7 into the soil with the medium head 1 in use in a ditch, with the smallest head 2, or with the other large head 3 in use,de-

pending upon the position of the gate, as

water'may pass through the gatewhilethe major portion is being dammed by the gate. By disposing both gates or va ves 8 and 9 at the same side of the longitudinal or long axis of the gate, both valves are capable of use, as in Figure 3, or valve 8 may be used as in Figure 4, or valve 9 may be used as in Figure 5, thus adaptin the water gate and providing a complete cl evice for any one of three sizes of ditches.

m Each slide valve or auxiliary gate is provided with a curled top as 10 to form a handle, and at opposite sides of edges of the valve are provided projecting lugs 11. The valves slide across the openings 15 in the gate proper and are held in adjusted position by frictional contact with the face of the gate and with spaced guide plates 12 secured to the gate and formed with guide grooves 13 for the lateral edges of the slide valves. These grooved guide plates are fashioned with stops or abutments 14 and 14' near their lower and upper ends and these abutments co-act with the lugs 11 on the slide valves to prevent displacement of the valve and limit their range of movement. The slide valves are adjusted of course to vary the size of the opening 15 for controlling or regulating the passage of water through these auxiliar gates.

The water gate as erein described and illustrated is well adapted for various sizes, as main channels, laterals, and other ditches used in irrigation processes, and it will be apparent that a farmer equipped with a set 5 of the water gates may with facility proceed to arrange for the disposition or distribution of water in the ditches and laterals, by placing the gates in their proper positions and locations for accomplishing the desired re- SultS.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A sheet-metal water gate of oval shape having a reinforcing rib integral therewith and a transversely disposed handle strap, said gate having a small head at one end of its longitudinal axis, a larger medium head at the op osite end of its longitudinal axis,

1-, said hea s together forming a larger head at one side of the longitudinal axis, and valved openings at one side of the longitudinal axis located in the small and medium heads respectively.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

WILLIAM H. o'oGLEY. 

